Search age:

Search in:

Aust bonds stronger on Ukraine worries

Australian bond futures prices are firmer as traders move into safe haven assets due to worries about increased tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

Ukraine has accused Russia of invading the country and seizing the coastal town of Novoazovsk and several villages near the border with Russia.

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council and the European Council to respond to what he said was "the introduction of Russian forces into Ukraine".